EDIT: I was not paid to do this. Lol. I was treated well.
Is it true that Streamyx is actually THAT slow?
I hear a lot of people complaining about the speed, or about the service, the price.. bla bla bla..But is it really true that Streamyx is slow?
WE KNOW its And it rings true. Most people complain about Streamyx being slow.. saying their downloads are always soo slow.. or they keep disconnecting.. their balls too small... or they cannot connect.. or whatever, without even THINKING that the problem might not be on Streamyx's side but on their own. Why? Because they cannot blame the slow internet on themselves. They need someone to blame. Its human nature.
Life story ahead.. =.=
I've been using Streamyx for about 5 years. A 512Kbps line.. and then a 1Mbps line.
When I first got my 512Kbps line I was downloading stuff at an average of like 20-30Kbps. Being used to dial up, 20-30 was miraculous enough. Dial up was like... 5-10Kbps if I'm lucky. Then I realized I disconnected quite often. And eventually found out that part of the telephone cable outside was exposed, the one around the compound wall area of my house which had caused the disconnections. Which had also slowed down the line when it rained. Yeah, so I got that fixed and I was connected at a stable speed of 50-60Kbps. Which was reasonable for a 512Kbps.
Then after upgrading to a 1Mbps line, everything shot up to 100-300Kbps. =D
AND IT LIVED STABLY EVER AFTER. (Natural disasters like 'overdue-bills', 'tree-falling-on-telephone-line' or 'super-lightning-strike' dont count.) The end.
AND IT LIVED STABLY EVER AFTER. (Natural disasters like 'overdue-bills', 'tree-falling-on-telephone-line' or 'super-lightning-strike' dont count.) The end.
And here's my speed test. From KUCHING to KL.
Pretty fast? Download speed is too fast. =.=
And then there are viruses and stuff. Certain strains will make your internet super slow. But some people are unaware that their computers are infected... so they blindly blame the slow internet on TMNet...
Okay, sorry if you get lost in the nerd text.. But if you understand then gooood. =D
I said, Good.
Private wireless slow? Maybe there's a friggin WALL.
Then sometimes when they're downloading stuff from some server across the world (but they do not know that. The INTERNET to them is contained in their modem, less than a meter away from their computer.. how long could it take!?), and when the download is slow they think TMNet is slow, without even trying a mirror (an alternative server).
Okay if you are lost.. skip all the grey text because you will get loster. Yes. Loster.
FOR THE NERDS.
Then some people say TMNet is restricting torrent upload speeds and blocking trackers and whatnot.. ALL BS. I've been using torrents (for legal stuff of COURSE..) for ages, and my download speeds vary on the time of day (seeders and time zones)... from 1-2Kbps, to 150Kbps..
Limiting international P2P speeds? Again, not true. A bunch of dumb people making up crap. The fact that its international proves that it's bound to be a BIT slower when searching for peers and stuff but not to the extent where they cannot be tracked or with an average speed of 0Kbps. If you do get a speed of 0Kbps, it could be because THEY are slow.. or maybe because they are already uploading at maximum bandwidth and you're on que. But most people would rather think that its TMNets fault.
Random sexy folks. =D
Okay, back to english.
In a nutshell, TMNet really deserves better, and them insolent fools should get educated. It really is so much easier to put the blame on others, especially when they dont know anything about the internet (but think they do). Most of the time, the problem is on YOUR side of the fence, so think before you complain. =D
